KULASA joins the 3rd Pandayang Lino Brocka Film and New Media Festival
By: Karen Camille Gutierrez, Magna Cum Laude
A.B. Mass Communication minor in Broadcast Journalism
Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2011

Ms. Karen Camille Gutierrez, who graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2011 with a  degree in AB Mass Communication minor in Broadcast Journalism, was one of the participants in “The 3rd Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival,” which was held last August 10 and 11, 2011 at the University of the Philippines Film Center.

The said event was organized by Tudla Productions in partnership with the U.P. Film Institute, and is supported by the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

The Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival is a cultural gathering of a new generation of students and amateur filmmakers as well as independent ones who see themselves following the footsteps of the late great Lino Brocka, National Artist for Film in 1992 and one of country’s most respected filmmakers.

Jessamin Montuya, Project Director of Pandayang Lino Brocka says that “the festival aims to inspire the creation and popularization of truthful, artistic and socially relevant audiovisual works to enlighten and to cultivate critical consciousness of the mass audience.”

Twelve films, a collection of documentaries, short films and poetry in motion, were selected to illustrate this year’s festival theme – Nationalism.

Ms. Gutierrez’s official entry is entitled “Aktibista,” a documentary film which recounts the story of Axel Pinpin, a Filipino activist who was arrested and tortured during the Arroyo regime.   

The Festival aims to turn more schools, urban poor communities, workplaces, and even underprivileged peasant communities into partners in order to reach a wider audience.  This is because the Festival and its organizers believes that, with the right amount of encouragement, a lot more of these aspiring and independent film makers will be given the chance to display their creative flair and commendable taste in relevant films.

To date, the Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival has had the following for partners and supporters:

Schools:
August 19 – Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa
September 1-2 – Polytechnic University of the Philippines | Bulwagang Balagtas
September 8 – University of Makati
September 22 – Philippine High School for the Arts

Urban Poor Communities:
August 13 – Payatas, Quezon City
August 14 – Sitio San Roque, Barangay Central, Quezon City
August 20 – Camarin, Caloocan City
August 20 – Espleta, Muntinlupa City

Workplaces:
August 28 – Samahan ng mga Manggagawa sa Konstruksyon (SAMAKO)

Peasant Communities:
October 22-23 – Lemery, Batangas

 

“That In All Things GOD May Be Glorified!”